Table 1 Inclusion, non-inclusion, and exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria

• Women aged 25–45 years with symptomatic fibroids and indications for embolization undergoing UFE

• MRI performed up to 30 days before UFE and up to 6 months after UFE

Non-inclusion criteria

• Patients on hormonal blockade (GnRH analogues)

• Changes in hormone profile suggestive of menopause

• Exclusively submucosal or subserosal fibroids

• Patients undergoing fertility therapies or assisted reproduction techniques (in vitro fertilization, intracytoplasmic sperm injection, intrauterine insemination)

Exclusion criteria

• Fibroids with radiological signs predictive of UFE failure, such as calcifications and absence of vascularization

• Clinical or radiological suspicion of malignancy

• Refusal to participate